diff --git a/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/spaces_only/tests/actions/max_queued_actions_circuit_breaker.ts b/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/spaces_only/tests/actions/max_queued_actions_circuit_breaker.ts
index beeb7a35a13a0..62523561c3823 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/spaces_only/tests/actions/max_queued_actions_circuit_breaker.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/spaces_only/tests/actions/max_queued_actions_circuit_breaker.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../common/ftr_provider_context';
 export default function createActionTests({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const supertest = getService('supertest');
 
-  describe('max queued actions circuit breaker', () => {
+  // Failing ES Promotion: See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/166770
+  describe.skip('max queued actions circuit breaker', () => {
     const objectRemover = new ObjectRemover(supertest);
     const retry = getService('retry');